Explore a historic Victorian park featuring sports facilities, children's playground, outdoor exercise area, and scenic walking routes.

Woodvale Park is a Victorian park established in 1888, offering families a diverse range of recreational activities and attractions. The park features a children's playground with dedicated toddlers play area, making it suitable for visitors of all ages from infants upwards. Alongside play facilities, the park provides soccer pitches, a seven-a-side soccer area, a bowling pavilion, and an outdoor exercise area for more active visitors. The park's charm extends beyond sports and play, with beautifully landscaped flower and shrub beds, a historic bandstand, and varied walking routes showcasing the Victorian heritage. A notable feature is the Peace Tree, adding cultural significance to the site. The community garden and allotment plots reflect the park's commitment to green space engagement. Woodvale Park has maintained Green Flag status annually from 2014 to 2022, recognising it as one of the UK's best open spaces. Free entry and accessibility via public transport (Metro bus no. 11A-D from Belfast city centre) make it an ideal family destination. The park opens at 7.30am daily, with closing times varying seasonally. Dog-friendly and pushchair-friendly facilities cater to families with young children and pets.

Venue Details

What this place offers

Toilets

Public transport nearby

Accessible toilets

Free WiFi

Baby changing facilities

Food available

On-site parking

🐕Dog-friendly

Parking nearby

Pushchair friendly

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Colin Baker

3 months ago

People really need to stop throwing their food waste in the park Most of it is unhealthy and poisonous to animals And it’s every day

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Tommy Fitzsimmons

8 months ago

Beautiful park...

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Gers

a year ago

Beautiful park for walking, as I can remember when the shopping centre or Tesco used to be a brickworks, many years ago, well in the 60's. And the used to be a park keeper always on the go. Kept the place spotless, used to be metal signage, which told times etc when the park would be open. But still swell kept lovely park, full of beautiful memories.

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P A

a year ago

Very nice park and its nice to see that it’s well looked after by the community unlike some of our other community parks. Its a nice park to walk the dog in, it has large pitches for football and some statues and memorials if youre interested in seeing Belfast history.

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Samuel Coates

5 years ago

Church sponsored walk. Gorgeous day and fantastic weather. Elf tre houses and wishing tree were loved by the kids🥰

Reviews last updated: 29 September 2026